Numbers 3:32

32 And the chief over the chief of the Levites, Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

Numbers 3:32 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:32

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
Who was of the first of these families, the Amramites:

[shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites;
over the three chiefs of the three houses of the Levites, who were Eliasaph the son of Lael, the chief of the Gershonites; and Elizaphan the son of Uzziel, the chief of the Kohathites; and Zuriel the son of Abihail, the chief of the Merarites:

[and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the
sanctuary;
the Kohathites, who had the care of the things belonging to the holy and most holy places; and these were particularly under the inspection of Eleazar, because they were things the priests had a, special concern in; see ( Numbers 4:32 ) .

Numbers 3:32 In-Context

30 And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, Elisaphan the son of Oziel.

31 And their charge the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

32 And the chief over the chief of the Levites, Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

33 To Merari the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

34 The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, six thousand and fifty.